Tiptree World Bread Awards - 115% Increase On Entries

Bread entries
for Tiptree World Bread Awards blast through last year's entry levels

As the last
minutes of Sunday 31 August ticked away, the entries were still coming for the
Tiptree World Bread Awards 2014, culminating in astonishing 115% increase on
last year, the Awards' inaugural year.

“We are
absolutely delighted,” says Kathleen Codd, Event Manager for the Awards. “12
million loaves are eaten in Britain every day and these Awards recognise the
skill and experience that goes into that.”

There will
hundreds of freshly-baked loaves from across the country to judge on the
Judging Day on 17 September 2014 at Cathedral Hall, Westminster Cathedral, when
dozens of judges converge to give their opinion. (Last year, bread was even
flown up from Cornwall that morning, delivered by the bakers' mother in a
suitcase.)

This year,
the Judging Panel includes industry legends such as Chair of the Judges,
Stephen Hallam, master baker and Managing Director of Dickinson & Morris,
Andrew Whitley, Founder of The Real Bread Campaign, David Roberts, Federation
of Bakers, as well Frances Quinn, winner of Great British Bake Off 2013 and
Nigel Barden, food and drink broadcaster on BBC Radio 2.

Popular posts from this blog

A lot is spoken about Yorkshire pudding but is in not such a very difficult thing to do. All it is, is a batter mix that is put in a mould with some oil so that it soufflés up as it bakes. As long as you follow a few simple rules then you should have a perfect pudding every time.

Now a lot of propel say that you need a strong bread flour to make a god batter for Yorkshire puddings but I have found that over time it does not really matter. But if you are going to use a strong flour let it rest for a little longer to allow the glutens to start working and get soaked up in the liquid .

Take you flour and sift it in to a bowel to make sure that you do not get any lumps. Then make a well in the middle and crack your eggs in to that. Now taking a whisk start to work the eggs in to the flour. It will start to from a thick paste. If you think that it is getting to hard to work then ad…

Well it is the time of year to think of Christmas and
Christmas cakes. Now this one is a good
one as it is very rich and like all fruitcakes, it takes a long time to cook in
a low oven. But apart from that it is easy
to make. As for the icing, I have given
you a recipe for brandy butter icing, a lot nicer than just ordinary icing.
For your fruitcake you will need,
80g/2¾oz golden syrup
80g/2¾oz black treacle
50g/1¾oz honey
250g/9oz dark brown sugar
200ml/7fl oz double cream
15g/½oz (about 2 tbsp) mixed spice
250g/9oz unsalted butter
1 tsp orange extract
1 tsp lemon extract
6 medium free-range eggs
350g/12oz currants
350g/12oz raisins
350g/12oz chopped pitted prunes
350g/12oz glacé cherries or more dried fruit
500g/1lb 2oz strong white flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Brandy for feeding the cake
2 tbsp apricot jam, boiled and sieved
400g/12oz marzipan
For the brandy butter frosting
300g/10½oz icing sugar
50g/1¾oz butter
25ml/1fl oz double cream
25ml/1fl oz brandy
Now like most fr…

Escape the
tricks of the witches, wizards and blacks cats this Halloween and instead
indulge in a hair-raising stay at one of Best Western's haunted properties. From a stay
in the most haunted city in the UK to an overnight in reputedly the country's
most haunted hotel, Best Western guests can cast green gunge, frogs and toads
aside and embark on a night of authentic spooky fun with sightings of mad
maids, giggling girls and lovelorn teens with unfinished business. These eerie
visitors to Best Western properties rarely pay their way but do offer added
little extras to guests as things definitely go bump in the night! BEST WESTERN
PREMIER Queen Hotel, Chester Ghoul hunters
can take a trip to Chester and enjoy a stay at the BEST WESTERN PREMIER Queen
Hotel. Opened in 1860 it is said to be one of the most haunted hotels in the
country. Thought to be a former nursery, the second floor of the hotel is now
rumoured to be home to 'the giggling girl' who is reported to sneak up b…